Safety of the Ullorex® oral intragastric balloon for the treatment of obesity

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 574-581

  Martin, Corby K ^a   Bellanger, Drake E ^b   Rau, Kristina K ^a   Coulon, Sandra ^a   Greenway, Frank L ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DATA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon; Device; Food intake; Gastric; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953629306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680700100416     Document Type: Article

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